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Default Work light for drill press, lathe

This is interesting!
I am not familiar with their units of luminosity. What is it in Lumens?
I was looking to make a ring light for my digital camera to photograph small
object in the past. Would this do in your opinion?

--
Michael Koblic,
Campbell River, BC

"Terry" wrote in message
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I picked up one of those el-cheapo LED flashlights that has eight or
nine LEDs ($4). Tightly wound a piece of 12-ga copper wire around it
half a dozen times. The other end of the copper was attached to a
bolt on the column of the drill press. Instant work light! The
copper wire vibrates a bit, but it still works pretty well.

For the lathe I wanted more light so I bought these:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/50p-1...54QQt cZphoto
Six of these wired in parallel to two D-cells wired in series makes a
nice spotlight. I used a white-epoxy-lined tin can as the holder for
the LEDs.

Best -- Terry